The Sun. — London, England, 1836-08-09 00:00:00

SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o Clock. THE LONDON GAZE PTE THIS EVENING. At the Court at St. James's, the 3d day of August, 1836, PRESENT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Hon. Lord John Elphinstone was, by his Majesty's command, sworn of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and his Lordship took his place at the Board accordingly. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JOHN CAPPER, brass and iron-founder, Sheffield. DAVID BOOTH, brewer, St. John's-court, King-street, Snowhill. JOHN STAGELDOIRE PEILE, music seller, Milford-place, Vassall-road, Lambeth. ROWLAND HUNTER, bookseller, St. Paul's Churchyard. ROBERT CAMP SHEPHERD, carrier, Camomile street. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE STRUTT, ironmonger, High-street, Camberwell, to surrender, August 17, at twelve, and September 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Wat son and Sons, Bouverie-street. THOMAS AVERY BACON, flour-seller, Markfield, Lei cestershire, August 22, and September 20, at two, at the Castle of Leicester. Dewes and Fisher, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; Austen and Hobson, Raymond -Buildings, Gray's-Inn. JAMES SIMPSON PROCKTER, glue-manufacturer, Maria place, in Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, Aug. 16, at two, and Sept. 20, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbnry, official assignee ; Rushworths, Staple-inn. MORDECAI PARKER, Grimsby, grocer, August 16 and September 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall street. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Williams and Beaten, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. GEORGE BRAND HUSSEY, wine-merchant, Waterloo place, Pall-mall, Aug. 15, at one, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hall, Queen-square, Bloomsbury ; Can nan, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, official assignee. PAUL BARLOW, silk-throwster, Congleton, Cheshire, Aug. 20, and Sept. 20, at eleven, at the Macclesfield Arms Hotel, Mac clesfield. King, Wilmington=square, London ; Cooper, Tunstall, Staffordshire Potteries. JOSEPH GIRTON, currier, Northampton, Aug. 15 , and Sept. 20, at one, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Chilton, Chancery-lane ; Benson, Birmingham. RICHARD MORGAN, linen-draper, Southampton-row, Rus sell-square, Aug. 19, at half-past one, and Sept, 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Billing, King-street, Cheapside; Can nan, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, official assignee. JOHN JOWETT and JAMES 'MITCHELL, linen-drapers, Regent-street, August 20, at half-past one, and Sept. 20, at half. pat one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, Pancras-lane, Official Assignee ; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane. COURSE OF EXCM Amsterdam C.F. 12 544 Ditto, at sight «..... g;t .NGE.-(THIS DAY.) Leghorn 4 814 Genoa 25 80 Milan '3l Venice 47... Roth: dam - 9 U. - Antwer, -, ... Hamburg. ........ ...... M.B lB 13 Altana Paris, 3 days' sight '2s 30 Ditto .....................2 Us 23 80 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 152,', Peterslmigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective 11 '2 M . 10 10 Trieste......ditto lO 11 Madrid ' I7S Naples 4o,e Palermo per oz. 121% Lisbon 5 6 .... ....-.„,,. Oporto 56!4 Rio Janeiro Wi Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres ............... - - Dublin, 21 days' sight I Cork I% Cacti z 3 7.14 PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 in% New Deubloons Bi!boa iinrceiona 16% Saville '36% Giura:tar New Dollars 0 4 1014 Silver, bars, standard 0 5 f % I PIPER lAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at the usual hour. Mr. BRADSH AW brought up the Report on the Ber wick &nail Dehts' Court Bill. The LORD ADVOCATE presented a petition, signed by tae Moderator of the Synod of the Secession Church of Scotland, against the Scotch Universities' Bill as it had been altered in the House of Lords. Mr. WILKS had been asked to second this petition, which he did with much pleasure. The respected Clergy men of the Secession Church in Scotland were anxious to extend reli g ious liberty in the Universities rather than to circumscribe them as the Bill would now do. He was glad that the Bill had been lea over tiil another Session. SCOTCH MUNICIPAL BILL. Mr. AG LIONBY presented a petition from Newton, Ayr, against the Scotch Municipal Bill, by which their borough was to be joined to another. He was glad that the Bill bad been postponed, and hoped it would receive more attention. Mr. BROTHF:RTON presented a petition signed by SOO inhabitants of Manchester, praying that the House xvould restore to his country the patriot Arthur O'Connor, who had been banished for thirty years for endeavouring to promote the freedom of his country. They prayed that the House, when doing justice to Ireland, would show mercy to t l -.11 respeetCd _ _ _ Ar. EART presented a petition from a literary so ciety in Wales, prnying that no bishops might be appointed in dint country who were not acquainted with its language. .11r. "M'Ki - NNON brought up the Report on the Com mittee on Turnpike Roads. NAVY ACT. Mr. C. WOOD begged leave to call the attention of the House for one moment to a mistake that had been made in a Morning newspaper, respecting some observa tions he had made - osterday evening. He had stated dis tinctly and he was happy to see that three nut of the four Morning newspapers bad correctly given his words—that some officers had been removed from the list in conse quence of their having conducted themselves in such a man ner as officers and gentlemen should not conduct themselves, 'but that these words were not intended to apply to a large number of officers who had been removed in consequence of the rules of the service. A mistake had been made in one of the Morning newspallers, which stated that the words attributed to him were intended to apply to those officers who had retired from the service for a breach of duty rather than stand a court martial. He hoped that those woo saw the mistake would have an opportunity of seeing it corrected 'in the same paper. POST OFFICE. Lord SANDON presented a petition from an tvl:o, he stated, had had the misfortune to be dismissed from the office, and the petitioner prayed that the House would direct au inquiry to be made into the circumstances attending his dismissal. The Noble Lord then proceeded to read the statements in the petition, and concluded by stating .. b. considered the case had n o t received the investi gation it deserved ; he therefore trusted the House would instilute some further inquiry. Mr. LABOUCHERE contended that the petitioner 'had no right to complain of the milliner in which he had been treated. The Report now laid upon the table of the House from the Post-oface Commission, disclosed a system which was nothing less than au organized system of public plunder, demanding of the Government, wherever guilt was traced home, that they should inflict the severest punishment th e y h a d it in their power to impose, namely, dismissal from his Majesty's service.—( Hear.) He would shortly tell the House what was the course pur sued by the Government towards the individual now peti tioning the House. When the Sub-Commissioners com menced their investigation, they called Mr. Johnston, who had large public stores under his charge. After his first examination other individuals made statements completely at variance with them. Mr. Johnston was recalled, with a view to enable him to reconcile the discrepancies in his accounts. Mr. Johnson had begun by refusing to give the Com missioners any information on these points, and they, therefore, considered it their duty to report these circumstance s to the Commissioners in London, and the result of that was that Mr Johnson was sus pended. The Sub-Commissioners found what they con sidered so strong a case of malversation on the part of Mr. Johnson and the Storekeeper-General, that they felt bound to suspend them for the purpose of call ing them before them to explain the course they had pursued. Mr. Johnstone was not enabled to explain his case suf. ficiently, and the result was, that he was dismissed from the public service. So careful were the Post Office upon the subject, and so anxious to do that which was right, that they directed two persons to look into the whole matter, and see whether it was possible that this thing could be the result of negligence, or whether it h ad not ar i sen from fraud ; and the conclusion come to was that what had taken place was the result of fraud. As at present ad vised, he did not see any reason why a different decision should be come to, and he could not, therefore, see any reason for the inquiry. Lord SANDON thought the case of the petitioner was well worthy of the consideration of the House, and he hoped, therefore, they would give it every attention. Mr. LABOUCHERE said the Report had not been sent to the officer alluded to, because the Commissioners were dissatisfied with the former one. He could not hold out any hopes to his Noble Friend that the Government would again open the case for a new enquiry. Lord SANDON understood that this gentleman had been dismissed on the report of an officer who had himself received his discharge in a few days for gross negli gence. He hoped, therefore—(Loud cries of " Order," and " Spoke, spoke." Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition, signed by 90 Welchmen inhabiting London, complaining that the clause prohibiting the appointment of all persons as clergymen and bishops in the Principality had been struck out of the Ecclesiastical Bill. He (Mr. Aglionby) of course could not yet, in a Parliamentary way, know any thing of the matter, but if the clause for such a purpose which was inserted after a division in that House, were actually struck out, he hoped there was firmness in the House to restore it. The Hon. Member had also a petition to pre- sent ' from a person named Wheatley, of Cumberland, praying the House to interfere and oblige the Go vernment to use all their influence to procure the release of Dr. Beaumont, a British subject, who was doomed to perpetual imprisonment in France by an ex post facto law. Dr. BOWRING had intended to have brought up the case of Dr. Beaumont before the House, but had been pre vented by the lateness of the period.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He did judge of the laws as applicable to French subjects, but he thought it was not for the honour of the country to remain quiet under such a code. There was not one single fragment of evidence against him before the Court of Peers—his name was not even men tioned, yet he was condemned to perpetual imprisonmerit. This tribunal was a most atrocious one, where the Judges were political opponents and partisans, and by which, with out any defence, and without any evidence being alleged against him, he and a mass of other individuals were con demned to perpetual imprisonment. This was a case in which it became that House, on some future occasion, to interfere to obtain the production of the documents con nected with the• case. He trusted, however, that before this could be accomplished the French Government would put an end to the proceedings against this unfortunate in dividual, which had inflicted so strong a wound on English feeling. Sir R. INGLIS would ask whether anything had hap pened to a British subject which would not have happened to a French subject under similar circumstances ? Mr. HUME said that every British subject who went to France went there to live under the existing laws, and ought not to be subjected to any new laws, or brought before a tribunal more monstrous than had ever appeared in any country. It was the duty of the British Govern ment to protect its subjects in France, and to see that the liberties of British subjects were not unduly interfered with. He considered the present case one of gross oppression, and he trusted that it would be soon redressed. Mr. AGLIONBY would not then argue this question as it would shortly come before the House, and he would then take an opportunity of showing that this was a case for the interference of this country. Mr. WAKLEY would ask whether there had been any communication between the Governments of France and England on the subject ? Lord J. RUSSELL hoped that the Hon. Member would give notice of his question. Mr. AGLIONBY gave notice that he would bring the subject before the House to-morrow. MARINE INSURANCES. Mr. ROBINSON gave notice that he should, early in the next Session of Parliament, submit a motion to the House for the reduction of the duty on Marine In surances. r CANADA. Mr. HUME gave notice that he should, on Thursday next, present a petition from the Assembly of Upper Canada, when he should move for the production of certain papers connected with Canada to be laid before the House, MILLION LOAN.-IRISH CLERGY. On the motion of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that the Order of the Day be read for the consideration of the Lords' amendments to the Municipal Corporation Act Amendment Bill, Mr. D. W. HARVEY wished to ask whether any steps had been taken, or were in contemplation, to enforce the arrears now due to those who were to receive money under the Act passed in 1833 in aid of the Irish clergy ? Lord J. RUSSELL said that his Right Hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer had given notice of a Bill to suspend the re-payment of instalments to owners of tithes, and therefore, when he moved that the Bill should be brought in, it would be the proper time for the Hon. Member for Southwark to bring forward the subject. Mr. HARVEY said he should adopt the Noble Lord's suggestion. CAPTAIN BOLDERO would beg to ask whether the government considered that any stain was affixed to the character of Lieutenant Hill. If he was satisfied on that point, he would at once withdraw his motion. His only offence had been refusing to obey illegal authority. Mr. C. WOOD could only say that the conduct of the Admiral had been approved of, and that of Captain Hill disapproved of. SWITZERL &ND. Dr. BOWRING begged to ask the Noble Lord below him (Palmerston), whether any interference had taken place on the part of England to induce the Swiss Government to violate the laws of hospitality by giving up the refugees.who had taken shelter in that country. He understood that a note had keen addressed by Count Montebello to the Swiss Mi nister on the subject, and although there might be a case made out against some of the German re fugees, he bad heard with much surprise that the French and Polish refugees were also included in the order. Although the name of England had been intro duced, he was satisfied that she had taken no part in this infringement upon the liberties of Switzerland, and he now hoped the Noble Lord, the policy of whose Govern ment appeared to be to promote the liberties rather than the despotism of Europe, tvotild give him an assurance that the namq of England had been unwarrantably introduced on the occasion. Lord PALMERSTON said that the English Govern ment had been no parties to the matter. At the same time he should not be performing his duty if he gave that strict and naked an:iwer, because inferences might be drawn which onglit not : every independent nation had a right un d,mbtedly to afford protection to foreigners, but it was the duty of every government to take care that in doing so they did not disturb neighbouring states. He believed that the French Government were convinced that there was in Switzerland a number persons who had linked the,n selves together, for the purpose, if possible, of sub verting the Government of France, and therefore it was that application had been made to the Swiss Government. If he might be allowed to advise the Swiss Government, lie should say, certainly that such persons ought to be required to leave the territoq.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentle man had thought the French Government had acted lightly ; but when the whole of the circumstances were looked to, he thought it would be found that they had had good ground for what they had done. As far as the English Government were concerned, they felt the full importance of maintaining the independence of Switzerland, and it was part of the policy of the States of Europa that its independence should be recognized. Mr. HUMS wished to know from the Noble Lord whe ther the Government of this country had concurred in the request ; he objected to the Government of this country be ing Lord PALMERSTON said that the English Govern ment had taken no efficacious steps upon the subject. Dr. BO WRING felt obliged to the Noble Lord for the statements he had made ; but he must be allowed to say, there were a great number of Italian refugees there who had been told they must go to America. Captain BOLDER() then rose to move, pursuant to the notice he had given, for a copy of the charge and minutes of evidence of a Court of Inquiry held at Sheerness in February last, touching the con duct of Lieut. Hill, lately in the command of his Majesty's ship Albion, who had been superseded without inquiry. The Gallant Member then stated the circumstances of Mr. Hill's case at Malta, from which it appeared that after having got his written orders to proceed to England, he was desired by the Admiral's Secretary to stop and take home a passenger. He refused, but made a signal to see whether he was to go nn to England or not— the signal was answered in the affirmative, and he went on. He, however, was recalled by another signal, and superseded. The admiral, however, found he was moving, and appointed him afterwards to his own ship. On coming to England lie applied for his old appointment, but was told he ought to go out to Malta and stand his trial. He was refused any charge, and all his witnesses were in England. Mr. Hill had not been guilty of any disgraceful conduct, and ought to have a fair trial. He had been 26 years in the service. He had served under six Admirals and twenty Post Captains, all of whom had given him certificates of good character ; yet he was now turned off with disgrace. He was afraid he had stated the case but feebly, not being a sailor, but he hoped he had stated it sufficiently to show the greatest injustice had been done. The Hon. and Gal lant Officer concluded by moving for a copy of the charge, if any, and accounts of evidence of a Court of In quiry held at Sheerness, in February last, touching the conduct of Lieutenant Hill, R.N., late in the command of His Majesty's steam-vessel Alban, in the Mediterranean, superseded without enquiry. Mr. HUTT seconded the motion, and bore testimony to the petitioner being an intelligent and honourable man. Mr. C. WOOD did not think the House of Commons was the proper tribunal for discussing questions of mere military or naval discipline ; 'and he would ask any Member of the House, especially an officer holding his Majesty's Commission, whether a Commander-in-chief under any cir cumstances might not remove an officer from the command of a vessel ? Captain GORDON thought if the statements which had been made were borne out this officer had been hardly treated. He thought the Admiralty ought to make some inquiry on the subject. Mr. HUME defended the conduct of the petitioner. It had been said that there were most extraordinary circumstances connected with the case, but none of these extraordinary circumstances had been brought forward. Lord J. RUSSELL thought the Hon. Member was most irregular in bringing forward the motion on the moving of an Order of the Day. It was impossible for the House of Commons to enter into the merits of the case without a very strong case was made upon the subject. Admiral ADAMS defended the conduct of the peti tioner. Sir ROBERT INGLIS considered the conduct exer cised towards the petitioner most justifiable. Captain BOLDERO should not divide the House upon it. He considered he had done his duty in bringing tbo case of Mr. Hill before the House, and he trusted the Government would reconsider the matter.—( Hear.) . MUNICIPAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition against the Lords Amendments to the Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill. The Order of the Day having been read for the con sideration of the Lords Amendments to the Municipal Act (Amendment) Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL said it would be in the re collection of the House that they had sent up a Bill to the House of Lords, containing amendments to the Munici p Corporation Bill passed last year, one of which was an amendment declaring the manner inwhich the chairman should be chosen in order to preside at the election of a mayor in cases v.'here the number of councillors were equal on each side, and the other was an amendment with regard to Charitable Trusts. To .these amendments. the Lords had disagreed. The former amendment he considered was not worth quarrelling with, but with regard to that which related to Charitable Trusts, he hoped he should have the coacurrence of the House in not allowing Chari table Trustees to retain their powers for one year. He thought the best course would be to allow that to take place which was intended by the Corporation Act of last year. He should therefore move that those amendments should be rejected. Lord STORMONT rose, and was left speaking. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1836. HOUSE OF LORDS. THE LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at the usual hour. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. This Bill went through Committee, and the report was ordered to be received to-morrow. VALUATION (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill also went through Committee. EXCISE DUTIES BILL. This Bill was read a second time. The Game Duties Bill was read a second time. COMMON FIELDS ENCLOSURE BILL. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUGH the House went into Committee on this Bill. Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that the object of the Bill was to afford facilities for the enclosure of corn- mon, arable, and meadow land, and not for the en cleosure of waste lands. If the Bill did not suffi. ciently provide for this object, he was ready to ac- • capt of any amendments whatever that would accom plish that object, without the slightest possibility of doubt. The Bill had not for its object the enclosure of waste land —it was confined entirely to land that was cultivated. He was desirous to be permitted to put in various amendments, and have them printed, and then they might consider the Bill on Thursday or any other day that would be more suitable. He would shortly state what amendments he was going to put in. First of all, he did not think it just or expedient that persons who possessed lands to the extent of two thirds of the value should have the power to force all the proprietors, however numerous or preponderating in num ber, to change the position of their lands, and come into their plans. He proposed that this only should be done by two-thirds in number as well as value. The Noble Lord referred to some other amendments respecting the ap pointment of an umpire to the retaining of the present maps, valuations, &c., and concluded by moving that the amend ments be printed. Lord HOLLAND had been much pressed to submit an amendment, which would secure an open space near large towns, or all towns containing over 5,000 inhabitants. There were some parts of the Bill which were in his opinion very objectionable, and he confessed that it took him com pletely by surprise. Lord ELL ENBOROUGH said, under the Bill as it at present stood no waste could be enclosed. If such an amendment as that suggested by the Noble Lord was pro- I posed, it would be better not to pass the Bill at all. After a few words from Lord LYNDHURST and HOLLAND, The Duke of RICHMOND suggested that, after the amendments were printed, it would be better to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. - The Bill was a most impor tant one. Lord ELLENBOROUGH complained of the incon venience of having such important Bills sent up at so late a period of the Session. The Bill was then reported, and the amendments ordered to be printed. SECULAR JURISDICTION (YORK AND ELY). The Secular Jurisdiction (York and Ely) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. MEDICAL WITNESSES. Lord WH ARNCLIFFE moved the second reading of the Medical Witnesses Bill. After a few words from the Duke of RICHMOND, the Bill was read a second time. SCOTCH COURT OF SESSION BILL. The LORD-CHANCELLOR moved the second read ing of this Bill, which he said was founded upon the Re ports of two Royal Commissions of 1834 and 183.5. The Bill was to effect a saving of great expense to suitors in the fees payable by them, which it was calculated would amount to from 15,000/. to 19,0001., being one-fourth of all the fees now payable by them. Their Lord ships would, therefore, be most anxious to pass such a Bill, for otherwise it would be impossible for the savings to commence for another year. The Bill was one of mere detail, for the purpose of reducing salaries and abolishing unnecessary offioes. There was, however, one provision in the Bill for the purpose of altering the busi ness of the Court. Heretofore the most important business had been left to the decision of the Junior Judge— the Bill proposed that that business should be henceforth transacted in.the full court, and that the Junior Judge should take his place in that Court. It provided also that in place of 4 principal clerks of Session and 4 of issue, that four shouM do all the business, and that in place of 8 clerks assistants there should be only four. It also reduced some minor offices, which it was unnecessary for him to men tion. These were the principal objects of the Bill, and as it had been introduced in the House of Commons before the time fixed the other night for Scotch Bills, he hoped their Lordships would give the Bill a second reading. The Earl of ROSSLYN complained, and thought he had just reason to complain, that a Bill of so much impor tance as this should be introduced into that House at a period when they could not have a fair opportunity for its examination. This Bill involved changes of the highest. and greatest importance in the Supreme Court of Judicature in Scotland, and considering the importance of the measure, the great doubts that rested upon it. He confessed that he did not think they were acting fairly by that House, by the Court of Session, or by the people of Scotland, in bring ing forward this measure at this late period of the Session. It had been stated that the effect of the Bill would be to equalize the duties of the Lords Ordinary ; but as it gave a power to the suitors to apply to whichever of the Lords' Ordinary they pleased it would overload, any one of them who happened to be popular with business to the exclusion of the others. The Noble Lord concluded by moving that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. The LORD CHANCELLOR explained. Lord WYNFORD complained of the late period of the Session at which a Bill of so much importance was in troduced. Whether the Bill was a good or a bad one, they ought to have time to consider it. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading 27 Against it Majority against the second readin —lo STANARIES COURTS BILL The Earl of. FALMOUTH rose to move the second reading of the above Bill, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE ARMY. The 15th Hussars have marched from Portobello barracks for Newbridge. The 91st from Newry for Drogheda. The Ist battalion of Grenadier Guards will leave Dublin for London on the 10th. The 3d Light Dragoons, one troop, from Clonmel to Wa. terford. The 59th regiment has arrived at Malta from Gibraltar, having been relieved at the Rock by the 52d from Cork. The 53d's head quarters have arrived at Corfu from Malta. The 42d regiment have embarked at Corfu for England. The 60th depot at Cork, from England. The 14th depot at Naas, and the 75th depot at Wexford, are about to exchange quarters. The 74th have arrived in Perth from Londonderry, through Glasgow. The 93d regiment, from Beggar's Bush to the Royal bar rack, Dublin. A troop of the 3d Light Dragoons is ordered to Waterford to act as a guard of honour to Lord Mulgrave. A company of the 34th regiment has left the Pigeon-house Fort, Dublin, for Ashbourne. The 47th regiment at Portsmouth from Cork. The Barossa transport arrived at Malta on the Ist ult., from Gibraltar, with the 70th regiment ; and the Par melia on the 26th of June, from Cork, with the remainder of the 59th regiment. The Prince Regent transport sailed on the 18th of June, with a detachment of the 53d regiment, from Corfu. Letters have been received from Italy by the Mar quis of Hertford, giving a most unfavourable account of the provinces in the Papal States, wherein the cholera rages to a frightful degree. In some places there are 80, and in others 130, dying in a day. The peo?le are flying from the pestilence. The new Universities Club-house in Pall-mall, near the Palace, is in great forwardness, and will be a hand some and spacious building. It is roofed, and the ballustrades are already erected on the top of the front wall, which is to be covered with composition, according to an architectural design highly ornamental. In point of decoration, when finished, the exterior will not be surpassed by any building in the same neighbourhood. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS. AUGUST 8. The SPEAKER took the chair at three o'clock. Mr. HAMILTON presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce of Dublin against the Bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER wished to say a few words with respect to the statements which had been made relative to this Bill out of doors. The Malt Duties in Ireland were much more evaded than in England, which was not only the cause of inconvenience and loss to the revenue, but was almost ruining the fair trader. Many of them had prayed for this Bill which had been drawn up under their sanction. If the parties inte rested said they were taken by surprise, it was not the part of the Government to force such a Bill on, but then the responsibility of withdrawing the Bill would rest on those who applied to have it withdrawn. After a few words from Mr. Ruthven, Mr. S. Crawford, and Mr. Walker, in opposition to the Bill, and urging its postponement to the next session, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER con sented to withdraw the Bill, and moved that it be road a second time that day three months, which was agreed to. The Slaveowners' Compensation Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The Common Law Courts Bill was read a third time and passed. On bringing up the report on the Pension Duties Bill, Mr. HARCOURT moved, pursuant to notice, that a clause be inserted in the Bill exempting from its opera tions the pension granted to the Duke of Marlborough. The Hon. Gentleman then entered into a detailed history of the pension and rewards bestowed on the Duke of Marlborough. There was a misstatement, he said, as to the value of Woodstock, which was not more than 3,0001. per annum : and he cited a number of instances to prove that it was the intention of the Legislature that the pen sion of 5,0001. per annum bestowed upon the Duke of Marlborough should be free from any tax or deduction ; that it had so continued for a long series of years ; and he contended that it was doing injustice to the memory of that great man now to make the large deduction contemplated by this Act. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the introduction of a clause for giving full effect to the intentions of the Legislature by whom the Act of Queen Anne was passed. Sir R. INGLIS seconded the motion, because he did not think it would be doing justice to the memory of the great Duke of Marlborough to place the annuity enjoyed by his descendants on a different footing from the grants to the Duke of Wellington, Lord Nelson, Lord Amherst, and Lord Chatham. The clause having been brought up and read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER en tered into a justification of the course which the Govern ment had taken with respect to this grant. The question was on which the Treasury felt the Government had no right to decide, and therefore it was that they had declined expressing any opinion on the subject, in order that the matter might finally be determined by that House, the only authority to whom it could properly be referred. If they were now about to grant a new pension, he did not think they should allow the land tax or any other imposition to attach to it ; but when there was evidence to show that this grant was originally made subject to land tax, he did not think they would be justified in giving to the Act of Parliament a different construction from that which the framers of it intended it should bear. If the case were a doubtful one, he was ready to admit that they should resolve the doubt in favour of the Duke of Marlborough. Under these circumstances he would leave the case in the hands of the House, satisfied that he had vindicated the Government in declining to acquiesce in this clause. Mr. F. BARING thought there were strong reasons for supposing that there was no intention on the part of the framers of the Act of Anne to relieve the grant to the Duke of Marlborough from the payment of land tax. It had been said that the omission of land tax in the exemption was the result of accident ; but this he did not believe, because he thought the evidence was all the other way. From 1780 to the present time this had been the regular payment. Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE should oppose the clause, but would not object to consider the question in another shape. After a few words from Mr. M. ATTWOOD, Mr. HUME opposed the clause. The House divided, and there appeared— For the clause Against it Majority Upon the motion that the clause be added to the Bill, Mr. WARBURTON moved that the Bill be recom mitted, for the purpose of reconsidering the clause. Mr. F. BARING urged his Hon. Friend not to press his amendment. After a few words from Alderman THOMPSON, Mr. HUME complained that the House had been taken by surprise with respect to the clause. He should, there fore, support the amendment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that if the battle of Blenheim were as fresh in the memory of the House as the battle of Waterloo, there would not be a word of objection to the proposed increase. He hoped the amendment would not be persevered in. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it Majority The clause was then proposed to be read a second time. Mr. WARBURTON should move the adjournment of the question until to-morrow. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER denied that the House was taken by surprise, for notice of this clause had been on the votes since May last. The Hon. Gentleman had better take the sense of the House as this clause on the third reading of the Bill. Mr. ROBINSON did not see what objection could he made to duties the payment of which had not been ob jected to by the person to whom the pension was originally granted. Mr. WAKLEY wished to know if this clause was agreed, whether it was the intention of Government to pay the arrears for the time past, as well as to remit the duties for the future ? He hoped the Hon. Member would per sist in his motion for adjourning the debate. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER begged to remind the Hon. Member for Finsbury that this clause was not brought in by Government. Mr. HUME said, as no intimation of the proposition was given to the House he should say they were taken by surprise in being called on to grant a new pension of 800/. a year to the Duke of Marlborough. This was a grant that should be considered, and they only asked for time— say even until to-morrow. Lord J. RUSSELL said it was a most unjust charge to make that they were tak' AI surprise. To say that this was a new grant of 8001 a year to the Duke of Marlbo rough was, to say the least, a strange and not creditable error.—( Hear, hear.) If it were so, the case would indeed have been altered. The Noble Duke's ancestor had earned this pension well, and he for one would not defame his me mory by curtailing the pension. As a proof that this was not really a Government question he would say that the President of the Board of Trade and the Attorney-Genera voted against the rest of the Government upon it. As th House would have another opportunity of discussing the subject, on the third reading, he hoped they would allow the second reading. After a few words from Sir R. Inglis, Mr. H. Hughes and Mr. A. Trevor, in support of the grant, and from Mr Williams against it, the House divided ; when there ap peared, on the question of adjournment — Ayes 33 Noes Majority —2B The House then resolved itself into a Committee o Supply. I to 50,000/., a large sum to be misdirected for purposes very different from what the Noble Lord the Member for North Lancashire had originally intended it, and announced in his letter of instruction to the commissioners, as a united system of instructing all classes, whether Catholics or Protestants, rich or poor. Now, however, the system was any thing but a united one. The great body of the schools had been totally perverted to the purposes of Ro man Catholic education, and they were of such a class that it was impossible Protestants could send their children there. It appeared by the last report of the Commission ers that 24 of these schools were kept by monks and nuns. —(Cries of " Hear, hear.") There was no such thing as national education for Protestants or Presbyterians in Ire land. He would not now divide the House on this grant, but he trusted that in the next session a full inquiry would be made into the working of this united system, and how far it was acted on for the benefit of the Protestant popu lation. The Hon. Member for Weymouth had stated in a former debate on the Irish Tithe Bill, that he would not vote for the appropriation clause, unless a satisfactory in quiry were made into the working of the system of educa tion, and the complaints of the Protestants proved to be unfounded. He wished to hear from him whether he had received the information he required on that very impor tant point? Dr. BOWRING had thought that the acerbity of feel ing on these topics was passing away in Ireland, but now he feared that the needless introduction of such irritating topics and distinctions would put a stop to all the advan tages expected from education, and, what was of more con sequence, to the spread of benevolent feelings amongst all classes and parties in that distracted country. Colonel SIBTHORP declared, that the Hon. Member for Kilmarnock's inference from the speech of the . Hon. Member for Bandon was most unjust. Mr. CHISHOLM said that the Hon. Member for Kil marnock seemed to attach an extraordinary importance to the sentiment of universal benevolence, which he inculcated as something that should reconcile Christians to the tole ration of every absurdity of doctrine, and erroneous system, that might be attempted to be inculcated under the name of a liberal education. He would remind him that the very word Protestant implied an uncompromising' dissent from the errors of Popery.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. WOULFE protested against the computation of the Hon. and Learned .Memberfor Bandon. He thought that this assertion of the inefficacy of the system of united education, and the absence of the children of Protestants, came with a peculiar bad grace from those (not the Hon. and Learned Member for Bandon, but his friends) who had been violently opposed to giving it a fair trial, and doing their utmost to prevent them attending the national schools.—( Hear.) Colonel PERCEVAL said that it was no wonder the Protestants did not send their children to schools in Ca tholic chapels.—(Oh, oh !) He had seen the fact him self.—(Name, ,name.) He had seen it in his own town of Ballymote.—( Hear, hear.) From his representation of the impropriety, this arrangement was subsequently altered. He could mention another cause that would certainly ope rate in causing Protestants to keep their children away from those schools. Although it was a formal resolution, enacted by the Commissioners, that no books of special doctrine should be permitted in those schools, the first book he set his hand on in that to which he had re ferred was the Roman Catholic Catechism.—(Cheers.) As to tie number of Protestants in Ireland given by the Commissioners in their Report, he could assure the Hon. and Learned Gentleman that, as far• as his experience in his own parish extended, it was considerably under the truth. In the census taken in the parish in which he re sided, in the county Sligo, the returns of Protestants and Catholics had been presented to the Commissioners by the High Constable, who declared on oath, as drawn up by the priest of the parish, and this return contained the statement that there was only one Protestant in the parish, and that was Colonel Perceval.—(Loud laughter.) Now he hap pened to have a wife and nine children, none of whom were Catholics—(Hear)—besides more than thirty persons in various capacities, engaged about his house and grounds, too many perhaps, hut all of whom were Protestants. — (Cheers.) In addition to this, he could state that his pa rish church was very numerously attended, and that last Easter Sunday more than 180 communicants were present. —(Cheers.) And yet the return made by the priest of the parish, and sworn to by the High Constable, gave only one Protestant—Col. Perceval.—(Laughter.) As to the peace and content which now prevailed in the national schools, the explanation was that the inmates were now universally Catholics.—( Hear.) Mr. SHAW did not think that the present attempt at an united system of education could ever succeed. Mr. JACKSON complained of the inaccuracy of the returns of the Commissioners, which, in some instances, were of a very remarkable character. For instance, in the parish of the Hon. and Learned Member for Kilkenny the Protestant inhabitants were returned as 49, a very suspi cious number, whilst, in reality, they were 56 at the time of making the return, and had since increased to 63. There happened also in another quarter to be no less than 300 Protestants omitted altogether from the returns by the fol lowing means :—These 300 persons went from Dublin to Bray for the moral enjoyments of a watering place in the summer. The returns were made out for Dublin in July, and these persons being at Bray were not entered. The returns for Bray, were not made out till October, and by that time the individuals in question had returned to Dublin ; so they were not noticed at all, either in the Dublin returns or those from Bray. Lord MORPETH believed he had already, on a former occasion. very satisfactorily shown that the difference of seven Protestants claimed for the parish referred to by the Hon. and Learned Segeant did not in fact exist, and that those persons did not really belong to the parish in ques tion.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the 300 Protestants who had been overlooked between Dublin and Bray, he wished the Hon. and Learned Sergeant joy of them, but he could not, surely, expect that these 300 persons should hive been entered in the returns from a place in which they actually were not residing.—(Hear.) The vote was then agreed to. The following votes were then successively granted : The sum of 3,800/. was granted for the Fever Hospital in Dublin. The sum of 500/. was granted to defray the expenses of the Hospital of Incurables in Dublin. On the grant of 8,928/. being proposed for the expense of Roman Catholic Colleges in Ireland, Colonel PERCEVAL said that he hoped this grant would not be opposed, as the whole subject connected with the system of education at those colleges was to be brought under the consideration of Parliament in the next session. Mr. A. TREVOR said that he should divide the Com mittee against this grant if he stood alone. Mr. SHAW hoped that his Hon. Friend would not divide the House against the grant. Colonel SIBTHORP and Mr. HAMILTON opposed the grant. Captain BOLDERO supported the grant. The Committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the grant Against it Majority The resolution was then agreed to. The sum of 3001. was granted to the Royal Irish Aca demy. The sum of 7001. was voted for the use of charitable trusts in Ireland. The sum of 2,2751. was voted for the use of charitable institutions at Belfast. 12,8001. was granted to defray the expense of public works in Ireland. 22,4721. was granted to defray the expense of the Chief Secretary's office in Ireland. The sum of 12,4601. was granted to pay the salaries of officers connected with the Lord Lieutenant's establishment in Ireland. 6,897/. was granted to the Tellers of the Exchequer in Ireland. 5,5001. was granted to defray the expense of proclama tions in Ireland. 25,5791. was granted for the use of Dissenting estab lishments in Ireland. 65,0001. was granted to defray the expense of crimina prosecutions in Ireland. 17,5001. was voted for the expense of the police estab lishment of Dublin. The sum of 3,140/. was proposed to be voted for the cost of public works in Ireland. Mr. F. FRENCH opposed that part of the grant which referred to the improvement of the river Shannon, as a sum totally inadequate to the purpose, and a mere delu sion on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER felt some surprise at the course taken by the Hon. Member. The sum required would not exceed 200/., and he could assure the House that until it was ascertained what the owners of property on the Shannon would contribute, he would not propose the granting of any further snm. After some further conversation the amendment was ne• gatived without a division, and the resolution agreed to. 7,000/. was granted to defray the expense of the town land buildings. 5271. was granted to defray the expenses of Dunmore harbour. 6,0001. was, after a short conversation, granted for de fraying the expenses of the clerks of the peace. The Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. The report of the Committee on the Militia Estimates was brought up, and the resolutions read and agreed to. The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at Two o'clock. ROUSE OF LORDS, AUGUST 8. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took his scat at tel - minutes to five. The Turnpike Act Continuation Bill was read a third • time and passed. Earl STRAFFORD presented a petition from Ardee, in Louth, praying for a repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. INDIA. Lord HATHERTON presented a v etition from Cal cutta, in the East Indies, agreed to at the first public meeting ever held in that place. The vetitioners com plained that by the Act lately passed for the re gulation of the affairs of the East India Company, the interests of the inhabitants of India which it was intended to promote had been altogethe r overlooked. They also complained of the operation of the. 43d s ection of that Act—that no natives had hitherto bee n appointed to civil situations ; that no provision had been made for the moral education of the people of that country ; and that discriminating duties upon tobacco, spirits, and sugar, were still permitted to continue. GRAND JURIES (IRELAND).. On the motion of Viscount DUNCA NNON the Grand Juries (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. BERNAL and others from the Commons brought up a Message, stating that an amendment, which appeared on the third reading of the Secular Jurisdiction (.York a nd Ely) Bill, did not form part of the Bill sent up from the other House. The same Messengers also brot;,9,ilt up the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Bill, and the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway Bill. Lord MELBOURNE moved that the message from the Commons relative to the Secular Jurisdiction York anti Ely Bill be now taken into consideration. —Agreed to. COMMON FIELDS ENCLOSURE. On the motion of Lord ELLENBOROUG-H, the Common Fields Enclosure Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition front Corn wall against the Stannaries' Courts Bill. The Valuation (Ireland) Bill went through a Com mittee. CONFERENCE WITH THE COMMONS. On the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, the following Peers were named to confer with the House .'f Commons on the Secular Jurisdiction York and Ely Bill--the Lord- President, the Lord Privy Seal, Earl of Albemarle , Lord Torrington, the Bishop of Bristol, Lord IlLitherton, and Lord Strafford. The Managers of the Conferenco on the part of their Lordships having returned to the House after an absence of a few minutes, The LORD PRESIDENT reported that they had met the Commons in Conference, and had made the amend , - ments required in the Bill. The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a petition from the Licensed Victuallers of Macclesfield, against the Sale of Beer Bill. On the motion of Viscount DUNCANNON, the Turn pike Acts (Ireland) Bill was read a second time. The Marquis of WESTMEATH brought in a Bill for enabling the patrons of Livings to make presentations to Ecclesiastical benefices, which was read a first time. PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS. On the motion of the Duke of RICHMOND some verbal amendments were made in the Parochial Assessments Bill, which was then read a third time and passed. STAMP DUTIES BILL. Lord Viscount MELBOURNE, in moving that the House resolve itself into Committee on the Bill, said---i beg to call your Lordships' attention very shortly to the' principles and the objects, as well as the causes and rea sons, from which a necessity for such a measure as that to which I refer has arisen, and to the great importance that exists of not throwing any hindrance or impediment in the way of its passing into a law. The object of this Bill is to reduce the duty on Newspapers. The duty on News' papers is 4d., with a discount of 20 per cent., which re duces the duty in fact one-fifth. That duty it is intended to reduce to ld. On the present amount of the Stamp-duty, which yielded a revenue of 450,0001., the loss, if the cal culation was made on the present sale of stamps, would be 80,0001., but as it is naturally calculated that there will be a very considerable increase in the number of stamps that will very considerably reduce the loss, whiciA will b e still further reduced by the additional duty on paper used for printing Newspapers. These are the circumstanc es attending the change with regard to the revenue of th e country ; but I am sure your Lordships will feel that there are other circumstances connected with it. Wlne o we consider the nature of the press of this country:' the power which it possesses, and the influence and effect which it has on the morals, temper, feelings, and character of the people—l am satisfied, I say, that whet' your Lordships reflect on the subject, you will see that there are many other considerations involved in it far more important than its pecuniary and financial relations,- though, undoubtedly, these are not to be laid o ut or view. The object of this measure is, in the first place , . to take off the heavy burthen on the public press 01 this country, and to facilitate the general disseminati on of knowledge, to facilitate the speedy transmission ° f accurate intelligence, and, in short, to afford every sort of advantage to that liberty of the press against which I have not known any one, for many years past, venture raise his voice either in this or in the other House ° Parliament. But your Lordships need not be told that one of the evils of the present system is the existence of a contraband trade in Newspapers, and that pubhca" Lions of this nature have been carried on for 1 113111 years past, to which the attention of your Lordships ha s already been called. Our attention has been directed to this subject particularly during the last session of Fa r. liament, by a Noble and Learned Lord, whose a bseil? during the present session is greatly to be lamented, 311 , 0 who strongly urged that the present reduction, if not t"" total abolition, of the duty should take place, in order to improve the character of that press, and in order to take away from those engaged in that contraband trade, and wh i e frequently adopted a tone and language which were hig h ` )r t to be lamented, those advantages and profits which they ° • present reap, and to give to those who may be disposed W I . combat such opinions a fair opportunity of doing so , a s fi c as it could be afforded, by allowing them to enter into f a l „ competition in that market in which publications of a dir, ferent style and nature now enjoy a protection. Our a' tention has also been called, during the last three years, b ) ci. some other Members of your Lordships' House, who rce to us from publications of the unstamped press certain Pe s c i sages of a very violent and inflammatory character, a n , charged the Government with great remissness and d ere ; liction of duty in not having taken all the measures in ° li power for putting it down. Ido thi n k th a t such a 6 2 1' g against the Government is, in n o res p ec t, well founde d The Government has go ne , a t l eas t, t o the e x tent of Its powers in this matter, but the state of the law does Pe r enable the public prosecutor to cope with the venders Of these unstamped publications. There are three Act s Parliament passed against these unstamped publications ; by one the printers or publishers are liable under an chequer process ; there is another Act directed against t,"; sellers of those publications, and a third against those vf' s . , are found hawking them for sale, imposing certain penal tle r and, in default of payment, p resc ribing certain period s e a confinement. But such regulations of the law are rend s altogether inoperative and inefficient for their purpose w' d the impossibility of producing evidence on which to fours, information.—(Hear.) Not having the power of e t° tering on the premises, it is perfectly impossible the prove' the printing and publishin g , particularly printing, and it is almost impossible to detect the real eau' in of the printer. There are only two unstamped pape,,r,s se which the real name of the printers are annexed. . I " e ni are names which I have no doubt were I to mention th„ei, would be perfectly familiar to your Lordships. The in ° ll l duals to whom they belong have been prosecuted over, s on . over again—they have undergone sentences of imPr.' s . e j ment of no inconsiderable duration—they have been os i l fo r with infliction of penalties which have either been pai n . to them by subscription, or which it has , been found iraP s tch to levy ; and such, my Lords, is either the profit • %% je l l they derive in that way, or the determination with W ilav a they pursue their career, that I believe these persons tio a been in no respect deterred from proceeding in the 09 r i t u by any prosecutions under which they have suffered. ;n o respect to the sellers it is still more difficult to carry or effect the law which has been laid down for their 1 31 I nt of ment. An obscure shop is opened in an obscure pa is the town, in which a woman or child is placed , a n ° , n p ; almost impossible to discover the real owner of the u rns and if the name should be ultimately ascertained , it ~„;t l i. out, in all probability, to be that Of a person who c a° out difficulty change his residence—who is here to-de art gone to-morrow, or who opens a shop in another obscure Poo g of the town. Thus the law which provides that the u l l e d should be personally served is defeated ; and the only rn e ho p proving the publication ob v i a t e d by the person in the 'oar refusing (as is the case at present) to sell to any but r e g th ird and acknowledged customers. With respect to the foo d power which the law confers, that of serving person s , be en selling those publi ca ti ons i n th e s t reets , th a t power h e ' n ost exercised in the most vigorous though not in the t he effectual m anner . Offi cers h ave b een em ployed for per: purpose ; they have taken up I know not how mar i b Y enc leu sons during the last five months ; they have aPP re nu' 300 persons, most of them boys, for vending thes e noeebeent u stamped publications, though these persons ha ve iionse °f committed. A return has been moved for in the ri o not Commons, which did not give a very satisfactory suretno of the number confined under these laws. Th e first o f per' referred to the year 1831, and gave, as the number o, t he sons committed, 295 ; and the last return sho e io u d a t number committed from March, 1834, to the 1 3r .. nt urti which it was made, to be 213 persons. But the las.tr,, or d. entirely omitted the years 1832 and 1833, which thei ships were aware were two years the most rife and 11 13 4 pro' tive in this species f publication. Therefore it is v BRITISH MUSEUM. Sir R. INGLIS moved that the sum of 21,9741. be granted to defray the expenses of the British Museum. The right hon. baronet briefly stated a few of the items of dis bursement, the most prominent of which was 2,0001. for the purchase of new MSS. Mr. HA WES said that the Committee were of opinion that in certain seasons of the year the reading room ought to be kept open from nine to seven—that there should be better catalogues—and that the expense of taking casts from the Arundelian Marbles by the French artists should not be charged for. Sir R. INGLIS was understood to say that all those points would no doubt be fully rectified by the directors. Mr. HUME trusted that the new regulations in the en suing year would be found satisfactory. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro fessed his readiness at all times to act upon any good case which the Trustees of the Museum might be able to make out for an extra supply ; and if they would apply to the Treasury, he was sure they would always be responded to in a liberal spirit, whoever might preside there. 'With respect to the value of the casts presented to the French he believed that the most consistent and dignified course had been pursued in giving them freely to the National Museum of that country, without requiring any pecuniary return. Mr. ROBINSON expressed a hope that the principle of liberality towards provincial libraries would be adopted in respect to the superfluous works of the Museum. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the safer and more consistent way was to sell what the Museum did not want, and let those purchase who did. After a desultory conversation, the grant was agreed to. 38,500/. was proposed to be granted to the Lord Lieu tenant of Ireland for the promotion of national education of the poor in Ireland. Mr. JACKSON said that this sum (together with 11,5001. for the fitting up of Tyrone House) would amount